Baggage carrier



Nov. 24, 1925.

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UNITED STATES Y 1,563,055 PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER L. WHALLON, E ZANESVILL, OHIG.

BAGQAGE CARRIER.

Application'led January 3, 1924i. Serial No. 684,203.

To all whom t may concern: f

Be yit known that l, WALTER L. VVHALLON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, in the county ofvMuskingum and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Baggage Carriers, of which the following is a specication.

'lhis invention relates in general to baggage carriers for use on automotive vehicles and more particularly to a baggage carrier adapted to be carried by the bumper of'such a vehicle.

Most of the baggage carriers with which l am familiar are adapted to be carried on the running boards of 'the vehicle. Naturally such an arrangement greatly interferes with, the opening of the doors of the vehicle and with entrance and discharge of passengers. Additionally the baggage so carried likely to scratch the paint of the vehicle.

lt is an obyect of my invention to provide baggage carrier which is adapted. to be carried solely by bumper of the vehicle;

lt is a further object of my invention to provide a baggage carrier ofV exceedingly simple construction which may be quickly attachedto or removed from the bumper, and which, when not in use, is collapsible Uther objects and advantages of my invention will be found in the accompanying adapted to be attached in spaced relation.

specification and claims and will'be disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device as applied to an automotive vehicle bumper;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one. of the parts of my baggage carrier;

Figure 3 is a side elevation, in section, of the device shown in Figure 2.

Referring with greater particularity to the drawings it vvill be seen thatmy device is comprised as follows: f

A pair of supporting members 2 are to the bumper l of an automotive vehicle,

i which bumper forms their sole support. rlFhe members l, which are formed of any suitable metal, are identical in `structure and/ `are therefore interchangeable. lEach ofthe members 2 is com rised of two parts 3 and 4. 'llhe part 3 is 'ormed of a suitable metal strip havin a base portion 5 and side por- (T tions 6 and :l of unequal lengths. The short-- er side 6 near its upper end is'provided with ears 8 which are formed by cutting diaeonally into the side of the metal strip ariad bending the ears outwardly. The utility of the ears 8 will be described hereinafter.

'll`he longer arm 7 is bent over to form a hook 9 which is adapted to straddle the bumper l to which it is iiXedly secured by any suitable means; such as the rivet or bolt l0, the shank of which is screw-threaded for the reception of nut ll; A liner l2 ofl felt or some such material is secured in any suit able manner, such as by gluing, to the hook portion of this arm to prevent rattling pf the baggage carrier and scarring' of the bumper.

The member is substantially lilwshaped and has its ends rounded as at i3. rllhe member l is revolubly secured adjacent its ends to the member 3 by any'suitable means auchV as rivets ld. lt will be noted that the rounded ends 13 of the permit the arm ends to move between the .ears 8 and thus the arm be rotated from the position shown in lfigure @ninety degrees in either direction as shown in Figure l. The side of the arm will then Contact with the ears 8 and prevent further rotation in that direction.

My device having been described in de tail, its operation will be seen to be as follows: When the device is notin use it can be collapsed as shown in Figure 2, removed from the bumper, and, by reason of its shape stored in the minimum of space under the seat of the vehicle. When it is to be used it is merely necessary'to attach the two members to the bumper, turn the arms d into the position shown in Figure l and (the baggage 16 placed in position.

llt will be seen that ther device above disclosed is of exceeding few parts and vgreat economy of manufacture and assembly, that i is, can be easily attached to or detached from the vehicle, that it is capable of storage in a minimum of space when not in use, and that provision has been made to mount it 'in such` a manner as to oder the least possible inconvenience .to the passengers of the vehicle and the least damage to the vehicle.

ll claim l. A luggage carrier for motor vehicle ingly over the bumper bar to thus suspend the two stirrups in horizontal alinement on the bumper-bar, each stirrup being pro- `vided with a retaining-loop of stirrup shape having its ends pivoted on a horizontal axis to the aforesaid upright `members of the hangerestirrup, these retaining-loops being adapted to be swung to horizontal positiontoward either side and to be arranged, when not in use, in alinement with the hangerstirrup, for the purposes set forth.

2. A luggage carrier for motor vehicle bumpers embodying a pair of supporting appliances each embodying a stirrup-shaped member one of whose .vertical bars is provided with a hook adapted to engage slidingly overthe bumper-bar to thus suspend the two stirrups in horizontal alinement on the bumper-bar, each stirrup being providedl with a retaining-loop of stirrup shape having itsA ends pivoted on a horizontal axis to the aforesaid upright members of the hanger-stirrup, these retaining-loops being i the hangerstirrup, stops being provided to limit the movement of the stil-rups in either direction for the purposes set forth.

3. In an adjustable baggage Acarrier for supporting members comprismg a strip of metal bent into a substantially unequaled armed U-shaped member, the longer arm of said U-shaped member being bent to form a hook shaped portion for securing 'said member to the bumper of said vehicle, and U-shaped end members rotatably secured to saidsupplorting members. said supporting member aving a portion thereof cut and bent to limit the rotative movement of said end membersin either direction beyond the horizontal.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

WALTER L. W'HALLON.

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